Re: Re: Question: unemployment rate

[Marta Russell <ap888@xxxxxxxx>]

thanks!
marta

Doug Henwood wrote:
>
> Marta Russell wrote:
>
> >Someone on this list probably has this figure in their head.
> >
> >When the U.S. unemployment rate went up from 3.9% in April 2000 to
> >4.5% in April 2001 about how many people lost their jobs?
> >
> >Was it 500,000 or more than than that?
>
> About 300,000 more.
>
> UNEMPLOYMENT, TOTAL
>
>             seasonally   not seasonally
>              adjusted       adjusted
> 4/00        5,597,000      5,188,000
> 4/01        6,402,000      5,951,000
> change        805,000        763,000
>
> Seasonally adjusted, it's 805,000; before adjustment, it's 763,000.
> Seasonal adjustment is a better guide to underlying trends, but the
> unadjusted number is a better estimate of the literal number of
> disemployed persons.
>
> Doug

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